Singapore sting: How spies listened in on German general - BBC News

Berlin said human error was to blame for the intercept of conversations between top military officers.

3 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, AlamyImage caption, It is thought that Brigadier General Frank Gräfe dialled into the call with other German Air Force officials from an insecure connectionBy Jessica ParkerBBC Berlin correspondentIt's nearly midnight in Singapore.

A senior officer of the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, is in his hotel room.

He's in the region to rub shoulders with defence industry players at Asia's largest air show.

He has had a long day - but he can't go to bed just yet.

Brigadier General Frank Gräfe has a work call to dial into with his boss - the commander of the German air force.

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